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Church Stretton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 179 road traffic collisions in Church Stretton, Shropshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 236 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 49 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
179
2,065th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
236
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
49
57 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Church Stretton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal42.2%
  • Serious4927%
  • Slight12670%

What the data shows

  • Church Stretton had 16 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 29 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in Church Stretton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 43 children under 16 were killed or injured in Church Stretton, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Church Stretton.

Where Church Stretton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,065th
Most casualties
2,071st
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,750th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday25 (14%)
  • Tuesday28 (16%)
  • Wednesday24 (13%)
  • Thursday24 (13%)
  • Friday34 (19%)
  • Saturday24 (13%)
  • Sunday20 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight139 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit37 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway155 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway23 (13%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph124 (69%)
  • 40 mph39 (22%)
  • 60 mph13 (7.3%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds150 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds21 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other1 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant111 (47%)
  • Pedestrian54 (23%)
  • Cyclist29 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist24 (10%)
  • Van occupant11 (4.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Church Stretton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Church Stretton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Church Stretton peaked at 10 in 1980; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202423
202300
202222
2021512
202011
201922
201800
201700
201622
201545
201434
201333
201222
201134
201037
200911
200847
200722
200644
200545
200411
200344
200256
200135
200000
1999912
1998610
199747
1996810
199523
199457
199333
199256
199145
199055
198956
198888
198755
198645
198522
198423
1983911
1982812
198179
19801013
1979610

Map of recent crashes in Church Stretton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Church Stretton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Church Stretton

The 24 most recent collisions in Church Stretton happened between 15 July 2013 and 11 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Church Stretton

The A49 has the most collisions in Church Stretton, 72 of 179 (40%), followed by the B4370 (38).

Collisions in Church Stretton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4972108421
2ndB43703846012
3rdB4371364107
4thB54779901

Council area for Church Stretton

Church Stretton is in Shropshire, where police recorded 41,475 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Church Stretton accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Church Stretton

All 179 collisions in Church Stretton were in the SY6 postcode district.